Embarkation was ok in Barcelona. Took about an hour, but our bags taken off us immediately so we weren't loaded up in the queue.

Great ship - lots of glass and open areas.

Entertainment - not loads to do in the evenings or even during the day if the pool was out of action (as it was for 2 days - once cos they had to re-fill it after a child was sick- they blamed the sea water for that! and once cos the ship was tanking it back to the disembarkation port and it was a bit choppy to say the least!). We did find a bit more to do later on in the cruise but there was only one film per day in the cinema and they repeated them during the 12 nights. The evening entertainment, or rather live music, started in the open centrum bar around 6pm, and this music pervaded the entire central area of the ship. Great when it was more sedate classical string quartet stuff, but when you're in the library for a quiet read, or enjoying a quiet cocktail without the children (all up on the levels but still in the central part of the ship), bongo bongo very loud caribbean style music was EVERYWHERE! Could have done without quite so much of that! This was also pool entertainment for a few hours each day of the days at sea. Definitely not the time then for a peaceful read by the pool- my Ipod got drowned out too - even Linkin Park couldn't be heard over that! Shows were goo - went to 4 - magician/illusionist, a Popera band, an Argentinian dance troup doing Argentinian tangos (really good) and can't remember the other. Read more